Jerusalem: Garden of Gethsemane in 1893
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Although today the Garden of Gethsemane is arranged in a decorative manner, 2,000 years ago the area would have been an agricultural area dedicated to the growing of olives for pressing into olive oil. Heavy stone slabs would have been used to crush the olives. The oils squeezed out would run into a pit and then later collected into clay jars. Currently in the Garden of Gethsemane there is a open altar that was erected by the Franciscans for the Anglican community. They hold Maundy Thursday services there on the eve of Good Friday.
